a-raoir

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• an-raoir, an-reidhir, an-roir, raoir, raidhir, rair, reidhir, reir

Etymology

From Old Irish irráir (“the time before the dawn”) (compare Irish aréir, Manx riyr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈɾɤiɾʲ/

Adverb

a-raoir

1. last night, last evening

   Nan robh e a-muigh a-raoir, cha bhiodh an creutair beò an-diugh.

   If he were out last night, the poor soul wouldn't have lived to see today.

Related terms

• a' bhòn-raoir (“the night before last”, adverb)
• air bhòn-raoir (“the night before last”, adverb)

See also

• an-dè
• a-nochd
• an-ath-oidhch'

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “a-raoir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “irráir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language